6th-7th Grade Camps

ENTOMOLOGIST EXPERIENCE Bring bugs to life! Thanksgiving Point is teeming with amazing insects and materials for studying them. Campers will become a practicing keeper, entomologist, and invertebrate paleontologist all-in-one! BUTTERFLY BIOSPHERE June 29-July 2 | Monday - Thursday | 9 am - 3 pm | $200

FARM-TO-TABLE Do you know where your food comes from? How does it get to the grocery store? Learn what it takes to go from dirt and seed to packaged food on the shelves and finally to the dinner plate.

FARM COUNTRY July 6-9 | Monday - Thursday | 9 am - 3 pm | $200

CRIME BUSTERS Delve into the world of crime solving in this day camp. Learn real life chemistry skills that forensic scientists use to crack the case wide open.

BUTTERFLY BIOSPHERE July 10 | Friday | 9 am - 3 pm | $55

MAKING OF VIDEO GAMES Do you love video games? Ever wonder how video games are made? Explore the history of the video game industry and design games using simple programming tools. MUSEUM OF NATURAL CURIOSITY July 13-16 | Monday - Thursday | 9 am - 3 pm | $200

July 20-23 | Monday - Thursday | 9 am - 3 pm | $200

INSECT INVESTIGATIONS Insects make up more than half of all described organisms, they’re all around us, and many are extremely important to our lives. In Insect Investigations, campers will learn what makes a bug a bug, and how real entomologists catch and study them. We will observe, handle, catch, and research invertebrates, and discuss how to study and conserve them in our own backyards. BUTTERFLY BIOSPHERE July 17 | Friday | 9 am - 3 pm | $55

STOP-MOTION ANIMATION Use clay, Lego, or whatever materials and props you choose to create a stop-motion video that you will write, design, produce, and record.

MUSEUM OF NATURAL CURIOSITY July 17 | Friday | 9 am - 3 pm | $55

DESIGN CHALLENGE Get your gears turning as you collaborate to create solutions to a series of engineering design challenges! Design and build tools to solve real world problems like a bridge, an earthquake-proof structure, or maybe a brand-new invention. MUSEUM OF NATURAL CURIOSITY August 3-6 | Monday - Thursday | 9 am - 3 pm | $200

PLAY, WRITE, AND ACT OUT Have a star in the family? A writer perhaps? Or simply a social butterfly? Then have them sign up for Play, Write, Act Out, a unique experience in which your child will learn the creative process of play and screenwriting from paper to performance. MUSEUM OF NATURAL CURIOSITY August 7 | Friday | 9 am - 3 pm | $55

PIXELATED Come look closer at the little things that make up a whole. This camp will focus on pixel arts in different mediums from mosaics to photography. We can't wait to see the fun things you will create. MUSEUM OF NATURAL CURIOSITY August 10-13 | Monday - Thursday | 9 am - 3 pm | $200

WORLD MUSIC Travel the world with us as we explore the instruments, rhythms, and music of different cultures. MUSEUM OF NATURAL CURIOSITY August 14 | Friday | 9 am - 3 pm | $55

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